Spontaneous benign pneumoperitoneum complicating scleroderma in the absence of pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis.
Postgrad Med J
; 66(771): 61-2, 1990 Jan.
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| ID: mdl-2349171
ABSTRACT
We describe a 64 year old woman with a 3-year history of scleroderma who presented as an emergency with increasing painless abdominal distention. Radiological investigations revealed a pneumoperitoneum in the absence of either visceral perforation or pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis. This is only the fourth report of spontaneous benign pneumoperitoneum complicating scleroderma without pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis. The possible aetiology of this condition is discussed.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Pneumoperitônio
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Escleroderma Sistêmico
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
Limite:
Female
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Humans
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Postgrad Med J
Ano de publicação:
1990
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Reino Unido